PS Vita with 3G and Wi-Fi Comes to Canada October 2nd

Great news for Canadian gamers – the PlayStation Vita 3G/Wi-Fi model will be available in Canada on October 2nd. We’re putting together a great bundle to launch the 3G/Wi-Fi Vita. It includes a download voucher for two exclusive PS Vita games – Gravity Rush and Unit 13 – and will be on-sale for $299. Rogers data packages will be available on a month-to-month basis.

The addition of 3G-network access is the perfect pairing for the gamer who wants convenience, community and connection on the go. PS Vita systems with an active Rogers data package can use software functionality developed specifically for the 3G-enabled model, including turn-based, asynchronous multiplayer gameplay, instantly updated rankings and leaderboards, immediate access to the latest downloadable add-on content, and real-time community news.

At least the voucher is included. I remember getting burned with the US 3G Launch Bundle where you had to sign up for 3G before they mailed you the Stardust code. I love the system, but that really pissed me off.

I’m not Canadian, but if I were I’d prefer to have one game and a memory stick instead of two games and no memory at all. There should also be similar bundles that come with the Wi-Fi only version for cheaper (or the same price if they come with bonus items like memory sticks, screen protectors or those little silicone sleeves that come with the starter kit.

-.- I wanted this when I went for a Vita on Feb 29th (had to wait a week after release). Now how Am I getting this.. ohh I know!! watch it building dust til they do clearance. Nice it comes with 2 games but it doesn’t have a memory card anyways to download onto. Which means the people who want vita the most will probably be the only real buyers of this. But they already got the WiFi only model. Sony needs to stop screwing Canada. That is my only problem with sony. Canada seems to always get dissed.

SONY YOU FOOLS! Your handheld NEEDS the MEMORY CARDS to work out of the box with anything worth its retail price, why can’t you see it? why can’t you make a pack-in memory card STANDARD for all PS Vita bundles??? Who the heck is in charge of making the right decisions in that company because I swear that guy’s been absent for months and its collecting his salary doing NOTHING!

Yes, every PS Vita should come packed with a memory card. I dare anyone to name another device in the market (PSP doesn’t count) whose business model is based on the user buying an incomplete machine. It should have been released with 16gb of internal memory minimum, to begin with.

SONY,PROBALLY YOU WILL NOT READ AND GIVE AN AWNSER TO THIS QUESTION BUT ANYWAY; WHY YOU DONT RELEASE THE PS VITA 3G SISTEM ON SOUTHAMERICA?,AND YOU ONLY RELEASE IN EUROPE,U.S.A AND NOW IN CANADA?. IF ANYBODY CARES ABOUT SOUTHAMERICA AWNSER THIS QUESTION PLEASE.

This is really something that should have been available on launch day. I understand that Canada is a much smaller market so SCEA doesn’t put anywhere near the effort into keeping Canadian customers happy as they do for the US, but still having the same stuff on the same day as the US would be nice and, at least for me, would make me think more of Sony rather than less.

It’s like someone just did a cut and paste in Paint. They stickers that go over system boxes when retailers do packins(Like the Free Uncharted 1+2+3 Walmart is doing for their anniversary sale) look way better then this.

Come on Sony, this is a standard bundle, you can make the package look nicer then that.

Actually now that I look at it, that can’t be the actual box. It’s just a really quick photoshop someone put together. The “Memory required” text would be in both languages if it were an actual Canadian box.

That is clearly a photoshopped US Box.

This thing comes out in 3 weeks and you don’t have final box art? Really?

Every PS Vita should come with a 4GB memory card Sony. Get it together. And drop the ludicrous prices on memory cards too. Those are obvious hurdles that you just keep slamming into, instead of jumping over them.

Sold mine today. Sony really missed the boat on the Vita; the tablet and smartphone industry is steam-rolling them and the forecast is unlikely to improve. They should have released a direct tablet competitor with controls. Period. That’s all that they needed to make a unique product and proposition in the market. Now Asus and a few others are making THAT EXACT DEVICE. Watch Sony copy such a model in like 2-3 years once the Vita has lingered on life support long enough.

I still have my PS3 for the JRPGs and awesome titles in the pipeline, but I think this might be my last gen with Sony. They just don’t get it.

Yeah I’m happy that we finally get a 3G version..however.. Rogers? No thank you. Now if I was allowed to choose who i wanted my 3G plan with then.. maybe I’d pick one up ..providing I didn’t have a Vita already. I’d rather not get screwed over by Rogers again thank you very much! Not to mention, I’m quite happy with my Wi Fi vita.